Fishing-reel



L. ATWOOD.

FISHING REEL.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. a, I92o.V

Patented Nov. 9, 1920.

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FISHING-REEL.

Application led January 8,

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To all whom t may concern:

Be it. known thatV I, LEONARD' citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefuljImprovements in Fishing-Reels,of whichthe following is ya f ll, clear, and exact speciication.

In a patent issued to me Nov.v 5, 1918, No. 1,284,039, I have disclosed a fishing reel which accomplished several important func tions, but was open to one objection disclosed only through considerable use in trout and bass fishing. This was that in casting the line, the reelfailed to unwind as freely and rapidly as desired.

In my present invention, I have succeeded in overcoming this objection and have produced a reel which at a moments notice can be made to. unwind the line with perfect lfreedom, and which in addition possesses other advantages in detailsof construction hereinafter set forth. v Referringto the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a central secl vtional view of a reel made in accordance with my invention. Fi 2 is a longitudinal section of one of the fastening screws.

In the drawings, the reference numeral 1 designates-the spool of my reel revolubly mounted on a hollow spindle 2. The spindle is rigidly held by the head 3 of the reel frame the other members of which consist of an annulus 4 and bars 5 joining the latter to the head 3; said head being clamped be-V tween the shoulder 6 on the spindle and a screw-head 7. For retaining the :spool 1 upon this spindle, a screw 9 is tapped into the end of the spindleA 2 having its head engagin the spool. Attached tothe spool by suita le means, as screws 10, is a disk 11 having a threaded stem 12 either integral therewith or otherwise made rigid therewith, both disk and stembeing concentric with the spindle and spool.

Upon this stem 12 is mounted a loose head 13 having its edge -close within the annulus 4:, and rotatable by means of a crank 14. Upon the stem exterior to the head'13 is a star spring 15 .and a thumb nut 16, and between the loose head 13 and the disk 11 is a washer 17 'composed of leather or other `suitable friction-engendering material. By screwing in the nut 6 the spring pressure so increases Speciication of Letters Patent.

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crank 14 turns the spool with it.

By only partially compressing the s airing 15, 'the spool can be wound yieldingy, or

the crank 14-canbe held stationary'and the spool be permitted to resistingly unwind.

The toothed wheel 19 fastened tol the spool 1 and engaged by a detent 20 similar to that shown in my above recited patent, gives other possibilities of operation to the reel, but the main value of this present construction consists in the manner in which vthe yielding pressure of the spring 15 and the pull of the stem 12 are directly resisted by the adjacent end of the spool, thereby giving more perfect D'radations in resilient grip on the spool, anda a perfectly* lirm hold by the crank 14 when desired.

For lubricating the spool, I prefer to provide the screw 7 with a longitudinal hole 21 extending through it togive access to the space within the tubular spindle 2, for the introduction of oil into the latter, from which the oil can percolate through a -fine hole 22 to the surfaces in contact. Fig. 2 .shows this construction of the screw?.

What I claim is:

l. A fishing reel comprising a supporting spindle, a spool rotative thereon,athreaded stem attached to the outer a 4bearinsurface concentric with the stem and rigi therewith, a loose head rotatable on the stem havin a crank, a thumb nut on i the stem, resilient y yielding means between said nut and head, and friction material between the head andi bearing surface.

2. A reel comprising a supporting spindle, a spool rotative thereon, a disk'attached to the outer end of the spool, a threaded stem projecting from said spool disk concentric with the spindle, a friction washer located on said stem in Contact with loose head rotative on said stem, and anun and spring on said stem for pressing said head against said'friction washer.

3. A reel comprising a supporting spindle, a spool rotative thereon, a large headed screw tapped into the outer end spindle embedded in the spool forv retaining the latter in place on the spindle, a disk attached to the Vspool at the outer end thereof, a threaded stem projecting from said friction` washer vmounted on said stem against said disk, a loose head rotatably end of the spo0l,\

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said disk, a i

mountedon said stem',fa nut on the outer i end of 'saidspiiidle and resilierit7 y said spool,

head. 4. A reel eomprisinl a: reel `Jiframe havin a head, a .spindle rigi y supported by sai.

sible means between. said nut an head, a spoolv rotatable on said spindle,

i frietlional pressure hetgeen-.said headA an spoo.

`5{. .Al reel eomprisinga reelframe having a head, a tubular spindle .having a shoulder,

a screw'tappe'd 'intothe' end off` said spindle compres- --axial hole thro the interior of t e spin ,l tati to hold said head between said shoulder and theheadv of the screw, said screw having an e, a spool rotative on the 'spindle2 a screw tapped into the outer end of said spindle to retain the spool thereon, and frictionally variable means-for rosaids ool,l a small hole being formed radia y in t e spindle for permitting the access of oil from within the spindle to 'the outer surface-thereof. l

4In testimony that I claim the for ong invention, I have hereunto set my han `this 5th day of Janua A1920; j f A L ONARD ATWOOD.

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